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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Purblind  \Pur"blind`\,  a.  [For  pure-blind,  i.  e.,  wholly  blind. 
  See  {Pure},  and  cf  {Poreblind}.] 
  1.  Wholly  blind.  ``Purblind  Argus,  all  eyes  and  no  sight.'' 
  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Nearsighted,  or  dim-sighted;  seeing  obscurely;  as  a 
  purblind  eye;  a  purblind  mole. 
 
  The  saints  have  not  so  sharp  eyes  to  see  down  from 
  heaven;  they  be  purblindand  sand-blind.  --Latimer. 
 
  O  purblind  race  of  miserable  men.  --Tennyson. 
  --  {Pur"blind`ly},  adv  --  {Pur"blind`ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  purblind 
  adj  1:  having  greatly  reduced  vision  [syn:  {dim-sighted},  {near-blind}, 
  {sand-blind},  {visually  impaired},  {visually 
  challenged}] 
  2:  lacking  in  insight  or  discernment;  "too  obtuse  to  grasp  the 
  implications  of  his  behavior";  "a  purblind  oligarchy  that 
  flatly  refused  to  see  that  history  was  condemning  it  to 
  the  dustbin"-  Jasper  Griffin  [syn:  {obtuse}] 




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